Having worked in retail and knowing the general idea behind the operations of the register I can say with some certainty that this isn't necessarily sure fire proof it's a hoax, but does cast a LARGE shadow of doubt. In any "major clothing retailer" registers are connected to a home office network that updates computer dates/times. In order for this computer to be wrong ALL of the computers in the central time zone would have to be wrong, which isn't out of the realm of possibilities. Then again, there is one thing that has always bothered me, how did he get the charge reciept out of the store? They're all accounted for at the end of the night, and managers usually watch for people taking things out of the register (i.e. cash.)

There is one sure way of knowing for a fact, though. Someone who works for this compnay could easily print the picture and scan the receipt to bring up that transaction. But that would only prove an "Elizabeth Hoeller" was in that store, not THE Elizabeth Hoeller. Although a search on whitepages.com only produces 1 living in MO. Most likely the others had their numbers unlisted...

Edit: I also wonder, if he claims to live in Wisconsin why his user time is for EST. And another thing, on his tripod page he either misspelled his dad's last name or his own. And lastly, I did a background check for a Patrick Rowan or a Henry Rowan/Rowen and while they're not always full proof, no one by those names lives in Wisconsin. This could all be easily explained away but who knows...

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